definition essay

HARRY POTTER AND THE SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS AT THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Perhaps one of the best stories of all time except for the fact that it has never been written , not yet at least but surely it is in the minds of one of the million readers out there whose imaginations have been stoked by all the adventures they have taken through the books they have read . While many say that the gift of reading lies in being able to learn more , that statement is more a function of the imaginative aspect

br of the mind . The reason for this is because in to read , one needs to imagine . To see something in the mind 's eye is to know something That is the goal of reading and that is the goal of all those who read be it seriously or recreationally

There are numerous benefits to reading but for the sake of brevity , for as Polonius said in Hamlet , (Brevity ) it is the soul of wit ' this discussion will limit it to three major categories : Recreational reading as an imaginative exercise , reading as an outlet and reading as a developmental tool . One may think at first that these are mere derivatives from the main function of reading as a way of learning beyond what the senses can perceive in the direct environment but as will be shown in this discourse they are simply much more than that

Recreational reading is of course an exercise in the imagination...